I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: “Dreamer, dream no more!”
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISA journal should be neither an echo nor a pander.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accomplished by appealing to the intelligence of the majority.
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While we read history we make history.
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A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its Tormentor.
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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.
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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
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Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.
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True invective requires great imagination.
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.
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A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
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A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.
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